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06/06/1958 Western 1h 26m
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The girl is a captive hostage at the mercy of the West's most notorious bandit-killer.

Overview

Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.

  1. John Sturges

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Taylor

    Jake Wade

  2. Richard Widmark

    Clint Hollister

  3. Patricia Owens

    Peggy

  4. Robert Middleton

    Ortero

  5. Henry Silva

    Rennie

  6. DeForest Kelley

    Wexler

  7. Burt Douglas

    Lieutenant

  8. Eddie Firestone

    Burke

  9. Richard H. Cutting

    Luke

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2021-10-08
_**"This town's not big enough for the both of us" (literally)**_

Released in 1958, "The Law and Jake Wade" stars Robert Taylor as the title character who was an outlaw after the Civil War, but is now a sheriff out West. A member of his former gang, Clint Hollister (Richard Widmark), won't let him start a new life and forces Jake and his fiancé (Patricia Owens) to lead him and a few other ne'er-do-wells to some buried money in a ghost town in the mountains. Unlike Jake, Clint is bad through and through and the new lawman is convinced he'll kill him after he gets the money.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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